Tech highlights from November 2009

Proper use of English could get a virus past security Hackers could evade most existing antivirus protection by hiding malicious code within ordinary text, according to security researchers. One of the most common ways of hijacking other people’s computers is to use “code-injection” attacks, in which malicious computer code is delivered to and then run [...]

An affiliate marketer shows you how to go phishing…

I am currently reading a read me from a recent .rar that I downloaded and extracted over at Tubnut (that is a pet name for  my virtual station that analyzes files.)  The one question in the read me that consistently catches my attention is —How can I get somebody to login to my phisher— The [...]

My USB flash stick is broken!

Maybe not! I have an 8 GB USB stick that is only showing 950 mbs of available disk space.  After doing a bit of Google research I decided to visit http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197 and download HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool – v2.1.8, a nifty little USB format utility that is free to use. Note: Be sure [...]

Part II: Intruder Defense – Use Ubuntu to secure financial transactions online

Last month Brian Krebs wrote an interesting and informative article about E-Banking on a Locked Down (Non-Microsoft) PC for business owners, and outlined a tutorial on how to accomplish security online. “In past Live Online chats and blog posts, I’ve mentioned any [sic] easy way to temporarily convert a Windows PC into a Linux-based computer [...]

Dinner_Guest: Viral PR or the Real Thing?

Dinner_Guest Twitter Bio: I can’t help myself and i need to tell someone. Love the kill Joined: Tue 10 Nov 2009 21:41 Following: 1  |  Followers: 100  |  Updates: 41 Being an avid Techcrunch fan, I was intrigued with Mike Butchers article “Is @Dinner Guest a sick joke or a real murderer on Twitter?” Who [...]

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